[CPEO-BIF] "Nation's largest brownfield, " Bethlehem Steel's South Side works, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Stephen Antalics Jr. -- South Bethlehem is rising from the ashes

Stephen C. Antalics Jr., a retired scientist and entrepreneur and 
Bethlehem resident, has been researching the city's South Side history.
Allentown Morning Call (PA)
March 7, 2010


The allegory of the mythical phoenix rising from the ashes might aptly 
describe the history of Bethlehem's South Side, commencing with its 
beginning as the borough of South Bethlehem to its present status as 
part of the city.

That proud and prosperous borough announced in its 1915 semi-centennial 
celebration souvenir journal the advantages for people and industry to 
locate there. In 1917, it succumbed to political pressure of a powerful 
group, headed by Bethlehem Steel founder Charles Schwab, that pressed 
for its merger with Bethlehem, a borough that viewed its southern 
neighbor as "Shantytown of Foreign Invaders."

This unholy alliance created the city of Bethlehem. It also signaled the 
beginning of the slow demise of that once proud South Bethlehem borough.

...

For the entire column, see
http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/anotherview/all-yv_antalics0224.7187633mar07,0,5468199.story

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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